I know that Yates’s Wine Lodge
(where the Australian wine liquor is like no other)
is still Yates’s
even though the Friends’ Trio no longer plays here.
Author: Sue Dymoke
Sue Dymoke was a poet, Associate Professor in Education at Nottingham Trent University and a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts. What They Left Behind, her third full poetry collection was published by Shoestring Press in 2018. A posthumous collection, What to do Next, was published by Shoestring Press in 2023, when there was a memorial celebration of her life in University Hall, Nottingham. Sue's memorial video can be seen at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UDDSW_HOEc&t=60s This website is maintained in her memory by her civil partner, David Belbin, but will not be updated.
Writing as a Poet, Writing as an Academic
Delighted to appear in such distinguished company in Creativity in Language Teaching (Routledge)
My 2015 poetry highlights
Some of the best poetry reading and listening I experienced last year from Burrows, Campbell, Dharker, Hodgeon, Lammas School, Mouthy Poets, Sissay and many more.
Staying alive
Imtiaz Dharker’s fine Bloodaxe collection Over the Moon has been my constant companion for the last few weeks on long … More
‘Spoken Word education is uniquely placed to give form to feelings and meaning to often unheard voices’ (Cat Brogan in … More
Thanks to Ash Dickinson and Brenda Ainsley for their excellent contributions to yesterday’s Making Poetry Happen workshop at NWS. Both … More
Ash Dickinson at Nottingham Writers’ Studio: Sat 18th April
Come along and hear acclaimed slam poet Ash Dickinson perform and talk about his practice in schools at our Making … More
‘Poetry is a mindful activity’
That’s what one of Brenda Ainsley’s students at Kibworth High School thought. Find out more about how poetry can make … More
Poetry, Memory & Performance
It was a real pleasure to make many new poetry research friends at the Poetry, Memory and Performance conference held … More
18th April Make Poetry Happen workshop
My next Poetry teaching/writing workshop which celebrates & shares good poetry practice from Making Poetry Happen is at Nottingham Writers’ … More
Sue Dymoke Poetry 